Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-03-07

president and the support given hin
by the house will enter as element
into the great political campaigns o
the coming year cannot be clearl
predicted, but that these points will
be worked for all they are worth b.
| the leaders of the republican part,
admits of little doubt
1t was a right courageous act OF
| the part of the president to veto thi
| bill, knowing the hostile sentimen
that it would arouse against hin
throughout the country. 1t is con
coded that the democrats also wht
| first voted for the measure and thel
determined to sustain the president
exhibited a good deal of courage, al
though it will be charged ia the cast
| of some of the northern members
who changed their votes that theil
motive were not wholly disinterested
Hon. S. S. Cox, the New YorE
congressman, who has been quite il
ever since New Years, left his room
for the first time to be driven to the
capitol so that he might vote to sus,
tain the presidents veto. He looked
wan and worn and required the aid
of strong cane in moving about the
floor. He entered the hall quietly
and almost unnOticed, so that wheL
his name was announced in the roll
call and his voice responded "No, .
everybody looked up in surprise. In
a moment he was surrounded by his
colleagues who were disposed to sub
ject him to a more vigorous hand
shaking than his weak condition JUS
tilted.
President Cleveland was the first
to learn that the pension bill had
been defeated. Before the roll-call
had been completed Speaker Carlisle
handed a small piece of paper to his
clerk who was waiting, and who rush
ed Immediately for the telegraph Of
flee in the corridor. Immediately the
instrument was ticking, and before
the reading clerk had finished the
list, and before the vote had been
announced in the house, the presi-
dent of the executive mansion knew
that his veto had been sustained.
Work is accommodating with great
rapidity upon the presidents hands
as the congressional session draws to
a close. He remains at his desk long
into the night examining bills and
transacting other business. His de-
termination last year not to go to the
capitol during the last hours to hur-
riedly sign bills which he had not
been permitted to examine, gave
great satisfaction then and he will
doubtless adhere to the same course
at the approaching adjournment. The
best men in congress of both sides
thoroughly approved of his resolve
not to make laws by affixing his
name to measures which he had had
no chance to learn anything about.
The president has said in the last
few DAYS that he did not see any
special necessity for calling an extra
session of the fiftieth congress, though
it is possible he may ask the senate,
which is a permanently organized
body, to remain in session beyond
the fourth of March. There are
some important nominations which
he wants to submit, but which he is
| not sure he will have time to decide
upon before the end of this session.
| Among them are the interstate COM
merce nominations and those for sec
rotary of the treasury and United
| States treasurer.
The question has arisen as to the
presidents power to appoint the in
| terstate commerce commissioners af-
ter the adjournment of the senate.
Some of the senators argue that the
| constitution does not empower the
executive to appoint, during vaca-
ton, to a newly created office which
is to be filled by and with the advice
and consent of the senate. Others
hold that there is no difference be-
tween filling a new office and a va
cancy that may occur during yaea=
ton Of the senate, and that there are
decisions by attorney generals cover
ing the point.